BlockQuitman, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Quitman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31643. The Survey maps it on the Quitman quadrangle. 4,064 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
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On record in Quitman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 7 records
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and Cemeterylisted 2004
Brooks County Courthouselisted 1980
Brooks County Jaillisted 1982
Eudora Plantationlisted 1974
Harris-Ramsey-Norris Houselisted 2008
Quitman Historic Districtlisted 1982
Henry Gray Turner House and Groundslisted 1980
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- GDOT Bridge No. 027-00268X-00678N, County Road 268-Empress Road span Piscola Creek, Quitmanfederal building survey, 6 photographs
- GDOT Bridge No. 027-00268X-00687N, Span Piscola Creek Overflow on Empress Road (County Road 268), Quitmanfederal building survey, 5 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresQuitman grew from 3,850 to 4,064 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,850 | |
| 2020 | 4,064 | +214 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:62500
- 1974 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
405 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 405 fires within 5 miles of Quitman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,919 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 63 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 246 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BROOKS-005 |
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BROOKS-010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
47 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quitman in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 37 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths and 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Lightning | Quitman | 2 killed | Lightning struck and killed two men working in a dairy field. Reported by the Brooks County SO. |
| February 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | 4 hurt, $75,000 | Two houses were destroyed by an apparent microburst. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. Several trees were uprooted and many large pine trees were snapped. One small cinder block house was a total loss after its windward side collapsed inward. Two other homes were damaged by falling trees. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $75,000 | A roof to a large church and an adjacent building were damaged. Reported by the Brooks County EMA. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were down to the northwest and west of Quitman. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $5,000 | Trees were blown down across the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $5,000 | Downed trees and power lines reported by the Brooks County EMA. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed along Georgia Highway 33. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $4,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Brooks county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $2,000 | Trees limbs fell onto power lines in Quitman. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $2,000 | A tree and a power line were blown down in Quitman. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down across the county. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in the northern city limits of Quitman. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $2,000 | A Quitman County 911 dispatcher reported several trees and power lines down in Quitman and east of town. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $1,000 | A power line was blown down on Lafayette Street. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $1,000 | A second storm downed several large trees across the eastern part of the county. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $1,000 | Numerous downed trees were reported across the southern portion of the county. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $1,000 | Several large trees were down throughout the county. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $1,000 | The Brooks County EMA reported several trees down. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $500 | An out building was slammed against a house. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Quitman | - | Flooding was reported at Highway 38 and Devane Road with all lanes closed. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Quitman | - | Flooding was reported on Court Street near Bethel Church. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Trees were blown down. This report was obtained via mping. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Tree limbs were blown onto a few roads in the Quitman area. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Several trees were blown down across the Quitman area. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Multiple trees were blown down on Madison Highway and Empress Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Brooks county. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Quitman | - | Numerous roads were flooded across Brooks county. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A few trees were blown down around Quitman with some power outages reported. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A tree was blown down and blocking part of Troupeville Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Trees were blown down across Brooks county. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A tree was blown down on Carney Road near Greenville Highway. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A tree was blown down near Quitman. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Trees were blown down near Quitman. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Trees were blown down on Old Madison Road. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Quitman | - | A storm total rainfall of 6.71 inches was measured during Tropical Storm Debby. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Quitman | - | Penny to nickel size hail was reported in Quitman. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A few trees were down in the southeast part of the county. |
| January 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Quitman | - | A SKYWARN storm spotter reported a funnel cloud on Highway 333. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Quitman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1757494 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 321256. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.